I have written a great deal about this case: A Cautionary Tale, A Mother’s Story, The Evolution of a Lie, Whispers and Lies and The First Stone Revisited are the major ones. Each looks at the case from a different angle. This article is to give the new readers (or just the bemused readers) a quick overview of the main facts and issues in the case, to assist them to understand how monstrous behaviour could have developed in a Christian church, how the use of lie from the University of Wollongong brought into the parish of Figtree Anglican church was used, and the whole Dobbs’ family abused, by people they had trusted.

A thumbnail introduction for Figtree case

Post filed under Anglican Church, Book: The Evolution of a Lie, The Figtree Affair and tagged Bishop Al Stewart, Emma Nicholls, FAC, Figtree Anglica church, Helen Irvine, Lee Nicholls, Phillip Gerber, PSC Sydney diocese, PSU Sydney diocese, Rod Irvine, Sydney diocese of the Anglican church of Australia, the Disciplinary Tribunal, the Rev. Bruce Clarke, the Rev. Ian Barnett, Yvonne Gunning.